specific hours categories. We apply this model to simulate a recent reform proposal that subsidizes parents who both work …

leave policies. We analyze the impact of a major parental leave reform on mothers' long-term earnings. The 2007 German … parental leave reform replaced a means-tested benefit with a more generous earnings related benefit that is granted for a … mothers who gave birth just before and right after the reform and nets out season effects by including the year before. Using …

exploit a natural experiment, i.e. the reform of parental leave benefits. By exploiting and combining the advantages of the …

. The "Mini-Job" reform in Germany - introduced on April 1, 2003 - can be seen in line with these policies, exempting labour … to identify the short-run effects of this reform. Our identification strategy uses an exogenous variation in the … reform. To account for seasonal effects we additionally use a difference-in-differences strategy. The results show that the …

Die sog. Minijob-Reform, die als Teil des Zweiten Gesetzes für moderne Dienstleistungen am Arbeitsmarkt ("Hartz II") am … aufgehoben und die Geringfügigkeitsgrenze bei der Sozialversicherung erhöht. Die Arbeitsmarktwirkungen und die Effekte der Reform … die Arbeitnehmerbeiträge zur Sozialversicherung ergeben, berechnet worden. Es wurden nicht nur die Wirkungen der Reform …